Music superstar Enrique Iglesias wasn’t dancing around the point when he recently filed a lawsuit in Miami federal court against Universal International Music.

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Music superstar Enrique Iglesias wasn’t dancing around the point when he recently filed a lawsuit in Miami federal court against Universal International Music. The “Bailando” singer’s music has generated billions of streams for Universal, which he alleges has shortchanged him on royalties, according to the complaint filed by Miami attorneys at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Iglesias v. Universal International Music BV, 1:2018cv20283.

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